Before Earth Day: The Origins of American Environmental Law, 1945-1970 » (New Edition)

Karl Boyd Brooks is associate professor of history and environmental science at the University of Kansas. A former U.S. Supreme Court Fellow, he is also the author of Public Power, Private Dams: The Hells Canyon High Dam Controversy.

"An enthusiastic, generous, inclusive, daring, and insightful exploration of that long-rumored beast described as "environmental law." Beautifully written, carefully and lovingly researched, and wonderfully revealing."—William H. Rodgers, Jr., author of Treatise on Environmental Law

"Should be required reading in every environmental law class as an antidote to the belief that the subject began in 1969. It deftly demonstrates that all of the elements of environmental law evolved during the quarter century after the end of World War II."—Dale Goble, author of Wildlife Law: A Primer

"A fresh and valuable study of the origins of environmental law in the postwar United States."—Mark Harvey, author of Wilderness Forever